Beyond Clueless
Author: Linas Alsenas
Publication Date: August 18th 2015
Publisher: Amulet Books
~A copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review~
Marty Sullivan’s life ends, basically, when her parents enroll her in a private high school. A private, Catholic, girls-only high school. Meanwhile, at their local public school, her best friend, Jimmy, comes out of the closet and finds himself a boyfriend and a new group of friends. Marty feels left out and alone, until she gets a part in the school musical, Into the Woods, and Jimmy and his new crew are in it, too! Things start looking even better when Marty falls for foxy fellow cast member Felix Peroni. And Felix seems to like her back. But the drama is just beginning. Can Marty and Jimmy keep up their friendship? And is Marty’s new beau everything he appears to be? Or is Marty too clueless to figure it all out before it’s too late?
Beyond Clueless is very appropriately named. Seriously.
Very. Appropriately. Named. Why? Because our main character, Marty is very,
well, clueless. (Oh, don't look at me like that, you knew that was coming.) And she's clueless in a lot of ways, and
naivety is definitely one of them, one where somebody can take advantage of
that. But the two main ways, the misunderstanding is understandable, I mean,
you would just assume, but the other way? I kind of wanted to shake her and get
her to open her eyes.
